From foremost authorities, this comprehensive work is more than just the standard reference on attachment-it has "become indispensable" in the field. Coverage includes the origins and development of attachment theory; biological and evolutionary perspectives; and the role of attachment processes in personality, relationships, and mental health across the lifespan.New to This Edition: *A decade's worth of major theoretical and empirical advances.*Chapters on foster care, attachment in middle childhood, affect regulation, divorce, the neuroscience of attachment, and attachment in later life.*Findings on disorganized attachment and psychopathology.